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Object Number 22-2-50/B3146
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin;"u mol yom mbok" = you will kill an animal so large that whole region will come see it and hear of it.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, oval, 2 perforations, ridged
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.4 x 3.3 x 0.4 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3146; 1

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